Harriton Cemetery
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

For directions to this cemetery, one needs to inquire at the Harriton Association, which is only a short distance from the cemetery.
It is preferred that we accompany visitors.

This is a private cemetery, with the entrance crossing private land, and is difficult to find. The contact information is listed above for assistance.

The Harriton Cemetery was opened by Richard Harrison in 1719. The date of the opening is recorded on a datestone in the stone wall surrounding this Harrison family cemetery. The wall surrounding the burying ground was rebuilt about 1900 utilizing the stone from the old stone wall around the cemetery under the supervision of architect and family member William Samson Vaux. The date of the first burial in the cemetery is not known, however is presumed to be the 1719 opening date, which is the same year of Richard Harrison's purchase of the Harriton estate from Rowland Ellis.

Burials in the cemetery are principally those of Richard Harrison's immediate family descendants. Family tradition tells us of those buried in the burial ground through the 18th century, as graves are unmarked for the most part. Common field stones are found poking up throughout the cemetery. Graves were unmarked as memorials in good 18th century Quaker fashion. The field stones were not memorial markers, they simply marked the spot of the last dug grave. Over the years, these simple stones have been moved, pulled up as weeding was done, knocked over, etc.